commissioning
Rare disease treatment advocates criticise NHS delays in commissioning
May 24, 2016Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, commissioning
Medical professionals are calling on NHS England to speed up access to treatment for patients with a rare genetic disease …
NHS England approves AbbVie’s Duodopa for Parkinson’s disease
July 6, 2015Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Duodopa, James Palmer, NHS England, PPRS, Parkinson's, Parkinson's disease, commissioning
AbbVie has been handed a boost by NHS England, who has approved the prescribing of its Parkinson’s disease treatment Duodopa …
NHS England consults on Cancer Drugs Fund
October 6, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, NHS, NHS England, commissioning, oncology
NHS England is declaring new changes to the way the Cancer Drugs Fund operates in order to plug a major …
Unison warns of ‘dangerous’ £1 billion NHS tender
July 4, 2014Sales and Marketing CCG, England, NHS, commissioning, unison
A row is bubbling over the provision of health services in Staffordshire after a trade union accused four NHS clinical …
No specific targets in NHS mandate
November 14, 2012Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, commissioning
The government has given the first public directive to the nascent NHS Commissioning Board, which assumes its new responsibilities from …
‘Patchy’ NHS Constitution needs improving
November 7, 2012Sales and Marketing DoH, Future Forum, NHS, commissioning
The NHS Future Forum has criticised the NHS Constitution for not being up to scratch and suggested ‘essential steps’ to …
Government outlines new commissioning landscape
May 29, 2012CCG, NHS, PCTs, commissioning, health reforms
The government has outlined the new commissioning landscape in England as GPs look to take over commissioning responsibility. The NHS …
Risk register spells out NHS reform risks
March 27, 2012Sales and Marketing NHS reforms, commissioning, health bill, risk register
A leaked document that assesses problems with the government’s reform of the NHS has been published by the Guardian. The …
Prime Minister uses online network to rally doctors around reforms
January 27, 2011Sales and Marketing Doctors.net.uk, GPs, commissioning, david cameron, docotrs, prime minister
Prime Minister David Cameron has made exclusive use of Doctors.net.uk, the UK’s largest network of medical professionals, to reinforce his …
PCT managers have ‘no automatic right’ to GP commissioning
September 8, 2010GP, NHS, commissioning, government
Primary care trust managers should not have a legal right to transfer to similar roles in GP commissioning groups, according …
Doctors.net.uk launches GP commissioning resource
August 5, 2010Medical Communications GMC, GPs, Lansley, NHS, commissioning, doctors, healthcare reform
A dedicated online resource has been launched this week to help doctors deliver the new commissioning process announced in Andrew …
Working with a changing NHS
August 2, 2010Sales and Marketing HCA, NHS, commissioning, market access
The first Healthcare Communications Association (HCA) forum of 2010 took place this April in London and looked at the central …
Best GPs will outperform PCTs, says PCT leader
July 15, 2010Sales and Marketing NHS, commissioning
The leader of the PCT managers’ organisation David Stout and Mark Britnell, the architect of the former Labour government’s commissioning …
NICE issues schizophrenia commissioning guide
January 14, 2010NICE, commissioning, schizophrenia
NICE has published a commissioning guide to help primary and secondary care teams recognise, treat and manage adult schizophrenia. The …
World Class Commissioning: how to be partners in quality
January 14, 2010Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS funding, commissioning, funding, healthcare, marketing
World Class Commissioning has been heralded as a critical mechanism to revolutionise healthcare services in the UK. Now two years …
